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Sharkey Wants Video Game Companies to Stop Licensing Real Guns
Companies that produce popular first-person shooting games will often depict real life firearms from gun manufacturers.

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Companies that produce popular first-person shooting games will often depict real life firearms from gun manufacturers.

Companies that produce popular first-person shooting games will often depict real life firearms from gun manufacturers.
The Hillstown Road man was found with several hundred rounds of ammunition in his car after an argument with his wife.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is pushing for flavored cigars to go the way of flavored cigarettes.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is pushing for flavored cigars to go the way of flavored cigarettes.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has postponed the deportation of 2,127 undocumented Connecticut children in its first year.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has postponed the deportation of 2,127 undocumented Connecticut children in its first year.
Meetings of East Hampton boards, committees and commissions for the week of Aug. 19.
Meetings of Glastonbury boards, commissions and committees for the week of Aug. 19.
The following information was submitted from the East Hampton Police Department. An arrest or infraction does not indicate a conviction.
Meetings of Portland boards, committees and commissions for the week of Aug. 19.
Glastonbury police released the following information on arrests and infractions. Inclusion on this list does not indicate a conviction.
70 years ago this month Lt. John F. Kennedy's patrol torpedo boat, PT 109, was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
70 years ago this month Lt. John F. Kennedy's patrol torpedo boat, PT 109, was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
The accident occurred at 8 a.m. Wednesday on Route 66 in Portland.
The following information provided by the Portland Police Department.
Glastonbury police released the following information on arrests and infractions. Inclusion on this list does not indicate a conviction.
The new measure seeks to protect homeowners and streamline the foreclosure process.
The new measure seeks to protect homeowners and streamline the foreclosure process.